Paul Ernst Wilhelm Hartmann

{{short description|Norwegian politician}}

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| name = Paul Ernst Wilhelm Hartmann

| image = Paul Hartmann OB.F06008b.jpg

| caption = Paul Hartmann between 1935 and 1940

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|10|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kongsberg, Norway

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|12|5|1878|10|12|df=y}}

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Paul Ernst Wilhelm Hartmann (12 October 1878 – 5 December 1974) was a Norwegian politician who served in the exile government of Johan Nygaardsvold during World War II.{{cite web|url= http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/alphabetical-register/h.html?id=410106|title=Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"|publisher=Government.no|accessdate=2011-05-28}} He was appointed councilor of state in 1941 and 1942, acting Minister of Finance 1941–1942 and 1942–1945, and member of the government delegation in Oslo in 1945, as head of the Ministry of Agriculture.{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/governments/norway-at-war/johan-nygaardsvolds-government.html?id=438691|title=Johan Nygaardsvold's Government|date=12 December 2006|publisher=Government.no|accessdate=2011-05-28}} After the war, he served as chairman of the board of Vinmonopolet (The Wine Monopoly) from 1945–53.{{cite web|url=http://www.snl.no/Paul_Ernst_Wilhelm_Hartmann|title=Paul Ernst Wilhelm Hartmann|last=|first=|publisher=Store Norske Leksikon|language=Norwegian|accessdate=2011-05-28}} In 1955, Hartmann published his memoires, titled Bak fronten; fra Oslo og London 1939–45 (Behind the Front, from Oslo and London 1939–45).

He was a brother of judge and politician Carl Wilhelm Hartmann.{{cite encyclopedia|year=1948|title=Hartmann, Paul Ernst Wilhelm |encyclopedia=Hvem er hvem?|editor1-last=Gram |editor1-first=Harald|editor1-link=Harald Gram|editor2-last=Steenstrup |editor2-first=Bjørn |publisher=Aschehoug|location=Oslo|url=https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1948/0206.html |page=206|language=Norwegian|access-date=27 November 2016}}